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‘State Of Decay’ Sells A Million Copies, DLC Incoming
Indie developer Undead Labs has a massive hit on their hands with their post-apocalyptic XBLA title State of Decay, which recently arrived Steam Early Access. It sold 250,000 in 48 hours, and passed the half million milestone a couple weeks later. Apparently, the sales just keep coming, as State of Decay recently passed the million sold mark. That’s amazing.
To celebrate, developer Undead Labs revealed an expansion called State of Decay: Breakdown, which is content complete and has been submitted to Microsoft for “pre-certification testing.” Their plan is to release the DLC by the end of the month, just in time for Halloween.
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In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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